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Confessions of an Argentine Dirty Warrior
Horacio Verbitsky
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Description for Confessions of an Argentine Dirty Warrior
Paperback. Num Pages: 323 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLSA; 3JJPL; 3JJPN; BT; HBJK; HBLW3; JPVR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 142 x 16. Weight in Grams: 278.
Retired navy officer Adolfo Scilingo was the first man ever to break the Argentine military’s pact of silence, stunning his compatriots and the world by openly confessing his participation in the hideous practice of pushing live political dissidents out of airplanes during Argentina’s dirty war.
Available for the first time in paperback, with a new introduction by Judge Gabriel Cavallo on the upcoming military trials and a new epilogue by the author, Confessions of an Argentine Dirty Warrior includes the complete text of Scilingo’s confession in the form of interviews given to Argentina’s best-known investigative journalist, Horacio Verbitsky, along ... Read more
Retired navy officer Adolfo Scilingo was the first man ever to break the Argentine military’s pact of silence, stunning his compatriots and the world by openly confessing his participation in the hideous practice of pushing live political dissidents out of airplanes during Argentina’s dirty war.
Available for the first time in paperback, with a new introduction by Judge Gabriel Cavallo on the upcoming military trials and a new epilogue by the author, Confessions of an Argentine Dirty Warrior includes the complete text of Scilingo’s confession in the form of interviews given to Argentina’s best-known investigative journalist, Horacio Verbitsky, along ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
The New Press United States
Number of pages
323
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
Weight
278g
Number of Pages
323
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781565849853
SKU
V9781565849853
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About Horacio Verbitsky
Horacio Verbitsky is Argentina’s leading investigative journalist, winner of the 1995 Latin American Studies Association Media Award, and author of a dozen books. He also presides over Argentina’s main human rights organization, the Center for Legal and Social Studies. He lives in Buenos Aires.
Reviews for Confessions of an Argentine Dirty Warrior
"This book caused a furor...in Argentina, where at least nine thousand of the "disappeared" remain unaccounted for, but its lessons about officially sanctioned atrocities are universal." - The New Yorker "Horacio Verbitsky is one of the world's best and bravest journalists. His account of the atrocities committed by the Argentine military is stupefying. It makes us wonder what those who ... Read more